Workforce Investment Act: Coordination of TANF Services Through One-Stops Has Increased Despite Challenges (GAO-02-739T)

May, 2002 Workforce Investment Act: Coordination of TANF Services Through One-Stops Has Increased Despite Challenges (GAO-02-739T)  Welfare reform legislation, which created Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), directed welfare agencies to focus on helping needy adults with children find and maintain employment. Congress passed the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) to unify a fragmented employment and training system, one that provides for a fundamental shift in the way services are designed and delivered. Despite TANF's similar fundamental focus, it was not mandated to participate in the one-stop system; however, many states are coordinating their . . .